A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature
Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 57 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 102 - 104 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 İndeks Tarihi: 27-05-2020
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature
Öz: Keratosis obturans is a benign disease caused by layered impaction of wax within the external auditorycanal. It presents with acute onset of pain and earblockade. The current report discusses a 24-year-oldmale patient with recurrent unilateral keratosis obturans associated with facial canal erosion and resultingin facial palsy. A detailed review of the literature ispresented. Keratosis obturans can behave aggressively,resulting in significant erosion of the bone and intratemporal structural damage and complications. Timely intervention is vital.
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| APA | SINGH A, HAQ M, HANDA K (2019). A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. , 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| Chicago | SINGH Anup,HAQ Mubashshirul,HANDA Kumud Kumar A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. (2019): 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| MLA | SINGH Anup,HAQ Mubashshirul,HANDA Kumud Kumar A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. , 2019, ss.102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| AMA | SINGH A,HAQ M,HANDA K A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. . 2019; 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| Vancouver | SINGH A,HAQ M,HANDA K A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. . 2019; 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| IEEE | SINGH A,HAQ M,HANDA K "A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature." , ss.102 - 104, 2019. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| ISNAD | SINGH, Anup vd. "A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature". (2019), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| APA | SINGH A, HAQ M, HANDA K (2019). A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology , 57(2), 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| Chicago | SINGH Anup,HAQ Mubashshirul,HANDA Kumud Kumar A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology 57, no.2 (2019): 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| MLA | SINGH Anup,HAQ Mubashshirul,HANDA Kumud Kumar A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology , vol.57, no.2, 2019, ss.102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| AMA | SINGH A,HAQ M,HANDA K A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology . 2019; 57(2): 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| Vancouver | SINGH A,HAQ M,HANDA K A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature. Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology . 2019; 57(2): 102 - 104. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| IEEE | SINGH A,HAQ M,HANDA K "A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature." Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology , 57, ss.102 - 104, 2019. 10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
| ISNAD | SINGH, Anup vd. "A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Keratosis Obturans Causing Facial Nerve Palsy - A Case Report with Review of the Literature". Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology 57/2 (2019), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.5152/tao.2019.4194 |
